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Surah Ya-Sin — 36:68

وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wa man nu 'ammirhu nunakkishu fil-khalq; afalaa ya'qiloon

And whoever we grant long life, we reverse in creation. Will they not then understand?

Reflection

Two hypotheticals stand immediately before this, each opening with a condition: sight blotted out, bodies fixed where they stand. The third case drops the condition, since age reverses a person in plain view of everybody, and the question closing the verse asks why a demonstration already running is not read as one. Nakkasa describes turning a thing upside down.

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